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Ribbon Controller (EX5/EX7)
The Ribbon Controller is a touch sensor that you control by running a finger lightly across its
surface to the left or right. The Ribbon Controller can be assigned to the full range of EX
parameters.
Controller Knobs (EX5/EX5R/EX7)
In addition to their function as data entry controls in the editing, utility, and some other modes,
each of the six Controller Knobs can be independently assigned to any of the available EX
parameters for realtime control in the Voice Play and Performance Play modes.
Breath Controller (EX5/EX5R/EX7)
An optional Yamaha BC3 Breath Controller plugged into the rear-panel BREATH jack can be
assigned to control any of the available EX parameters — but it is a natural candidate for
controlling Pressure, Tonguing, Throat, Growl, and other VL tone generator parameters.
Foot Controller (EX5/EX7)
AN optional Yamaha FC7 Foot Controller connected to the rear-panel FOOT CONTROLLER jack
can be assigned to any EX controller parameter. The advantage of using a foot controller for
parameter control is, obviously, that it leaves both your hands free to play the keyboard (or operate
other controllers).
Foot Switch (EX5/EX7)
An optional Yamaha FC4 or FC5 Footswitch connected to the rear-panel FOOTSWITCH jack can
be assigned to a limited range of parameters via the Utility mode Controller Setup display (page
275). Of course, the footswitch is only really useful with on/off type parameters — not with
parameters that allow continuous control.
Aftertouch (EX5/EX7)
Keyboard aftertouch allows you to control any controller parameter by the pressure you apply to a
key after it is initially pressed. This is perhaps the most “intimate” type of keyboard expression
control. Like most of the EX controllers, keyboard aftertouch can be assigned to the full range of
available parameters.
MIDI (EX5/EX5R/EX7)
Particularly on the EX5R Tone Generator, which does not have the full range of controllers
provided on the keyboard models, most parameter control operations will be carried out via MIDI
control change messages. The MIDI protocol provides a lot of control change numbers, some of
which are pre-assigned to specific controllers — “001” is “Modulation Wheel,” for example. All of
these are available for assignments to the EX controller parameters, so external MIDI control
devices can be used to full advantage.
■ Extended MIDI Control Capability
In addition to controlling the internal tone generator, all of the controllers listed above — with the
sole exception of the PITCH wheel — can be assigned to transmit MIDI control data using any
MIDI control change number, so that the EX controllers can be used to control a wide range of
external MIDI devices and parameters as well.
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